Tonn, Mari Boor and Valerie A. Endress. “Looking Under the Hood and Tinkering with Voter Cynicism: Ross Perot and ‘Perspective by Incongruity.’”
Rhetoric & Public Affairs 4 (2001): 281-308.
Tonn, Mari Boor. “Princess Diana and Baseball: Encouraging the Critics of Culture to Play Fair.”
Women’s Studies in Communication 22 (1999): 112-119.
Tonn, Mari Boor. [Lead essay].“Donning Sackcloth and Ashes:
Webster vs. Reproductive Health Services and Moral Agony in Abortion Rights Rhetoric.”
Communication Quarterly 44 (1996*): 265-279. *Dated journal issues behind in publication schedule.
Tonn, Mari Boor. [Lead essay].“Militant Motherhood: Labor's Mary Harris ‘Mother’ Jones.”
Quarterly Journal of Speech 82 (1996): 1-21. [Best Essay of the Year. Org. for the Study of Language, Communication, and Gender. 1997].
Tonn, Mari Boor. “Elizabeth Gurley Flynn's
Sabotage: The Economic ‘Scene’ as Both Controlling and Catalyzing Workers' ‘Acts.’" Ed. James F. Klumpp. Spec. issue of
Southern Communication Journal 61 (1995): 59-75. [Blind review].
Tonn, Mari Boor and Mark S. Kuhn. “Co-Constructed Oratory: Speaker-Audience Interaction in the Labor Union Rhetoric of Mary Harris ‘Mother’ Jones.”
Text and Performance Quarterly 13 (1993): 313-330.
Dow, Bonnie J. and Mari Boor Tonn. "’Feminine Style’ and Political Judgment in the Rhetoric of Ann Richards.”
Quarterly Journal of Speech 79 (1993): 286-302.
Tonn, Mari Boor, Valerie A. Endress, and John .N. Diamond. “Hunting and Heritage on Trial in Maine: A Dramatistic Debate over Tragedy, Tradition, and Territory.” Quarterly Journal of Speech 79 (1993): 165-181.
Tonn, Mari and Laura Meeks. “The Non-Traditional College Student: Continuing Education Programs.
Association for Communication and Administration BULLETIN 49 (1984): 71-72.
Tonn, Mari. “The Non-Professional Counseling Interview: Implications for Career Guidance in the Speech Communication Classroom.”
Kansas Speech Journal 45 (1983): 13-20.
Tonn, Mari and Laura Meeks. “Managerial Behaviors of Females: Structures and Strategies in Political Contexts.”
Kansas Speech Journal 45 (1983): 37-44.
Tonn, Mari. “The Speech Communication Instructor as Newspaper-Yearbook Teacher.”
Kansas Speech Journal 43 (1981): 6-10.
BOOK CHAPTERS
Tonn, Mari Boor. “Radical Labor in a Feminine Voice: The Rhetoric of Mary Harris ‘Mother’ Jones and Elizabeth Gurley Flynn.”
Rhetoric of Reform in the Nineteenth Century. Ed. Martha Solomon Watson. Rhetoric and Public Address Ser. East Lansing: Michigan State UP, 2008. 224-253.
Tonn, Mari Boor. “Colin Powell’s Life Story as a ‘Good Black’ Narrative.’”
The Rhetorics of Display. Ed. Lawrence J. Prelli. South Carolina UP, 2006. 344-373
Endress, Valerie A. and Mari Boor Tonn. “H. Ross Perot.”
Contemporary American Orators. Eds. Bernard K. Duffy and Richard W. Leeman. Westport, CT: Greenwood , 2005. 360-367.
Tonn, Mari Boor. “The New Hampshire Presidential Primary.”
Encyclopedia of New England Culture. Eds. Burt Feintuch and David H. Watters. New Haven: Yale UP, 2005. 1252.
Tonn, Mari Boor “Flirting with Perot: Voter Ambivalence about the Third Candidate.”
The 1992 Presidential Debates in Focus. Eds. Diana Carlin and Mitchell McKinney. Westport: Greenwood, 1994. 109-123.
Tonn, Mari Boor and Mark S. Kuhn. “Elizabeth Gurley Flynn 1890-1964: Merging Feminism and Radical Labor Organizing.”
Women Speakers in the United States, 1925-1993: A Bio-Critical Sourcebook. Ed. Karlyn .Kohrs Campbell. Westport: Greenwood, 1994. 221-237.
Tonn, Mari Boor. “Mary Harris ‘Mother’ Jones 1830?-1930: ‘Messiah’ and ‘Mother’ for Labor.” Women Public Speakers in the United States 1800-1925: A Bio-Critical Sourcebook. Ed. Karlyn Kohrs Campbell. Westport: Greenwood, 1993. 229-241.
Tonn, Mari Boor. “Effecting Labor Reform through Stories: The Narrative Rhetorical Style of Mary Harris ‘Mother’ Jones.”
Constructing and Reconstructing Gender. Eds. Linda A.M. Perry, Lynn Turner, and Helen Sterk. New York: SUNY, 1992. 283-293.
Tonn, Mari Boor. “
The Una, 1853-55: The Premier of the Feminist Press”.
A Voice of Their Own: The Women Suffrage Press. Ed. Martha Solomon. Tuscaloosa:
U of Alabama P, 1991. 48-70. [Outstanding Book, Gustavus Myers Center for the Study of Human Rights in the U. S. 1991].
REPRINTS
Tonn, Mari Boor, Valerie A. Endress, and John N. Diamond. “Hunting and Heritage on Trial in Maine: A Dramatistic Debate over Tragedy, Tradition, and Territory.” Quarterly Journal of Speech 79 (1993). 165-181. Rpt. in Readings in Rhetorical Criticism.” Ed. Carl R. Burchardt 4th ed. State College: Strata, 2010. 253-270..
Tonn, Mari Boor. “Militant Motherhood: Labor's Mary Harris ‘Mother’ Jones.”
Quarterly Journal of Speech 82 (1996): 1-21. Rpt in
Readings in the Rhetoric of Social Protest. Eds. Stephen H. Browne and Charles Morris III. 2
nd ed. State College: Strata, 2006. 335-354.
Tonn, Mari Boor, Valerie A. Endress, and John N. Diamond. “Hunting and Heritage on Trial in Maine: A Dramatistic Debate over Tragedy, Tradition, and Territory.”
Quarterly Journal of Speech 79 (1993). 165-181. Rpt. in
Readings in Rhetorical Criticism.” Ed. Carl R. Burchardt 3
rd ed. State College: Strata, 2005. 203-219.
Tonn, Mari Boor. “Militant Motherhood: Labor's Mary Harris ‘Mother’ Jones.”
Quarterly Journal of Speech 82 (1996): 1-21. Rpt in
Readings in the Rhetoric of Social Protest. Eds. Stephen H. Browne and Charles Morris III. State College: Strata, 2001. 406-428.
Tonn, Mari Boor, Valerie A. Endress, and John N. Diamond. “Hunting and Heritage on Trial in Maine: A Dramatistic Debate over Tragedy, Tradition, and Territory.”
Quarterly Journal of Speech 79 (1993): 165-181. Rpt. in
Readings in Rhetorical Criticism.” Ed. Carl R. Burchardt 2
nd ed. State College: Strata, 2000. 229-246.
Dow, Bonnie J. and Mari Boor Tonn. "’Feminine Style’ and Political Judgment in the Rhetoric of Ann Richards.”
Quarterly Journal of Speech 79 (1993): 286-302. Rpt. In
Diversity in Public Communication: A Reader. Eds.
Christine Kelly, E. Anne Lafoon, and Raymie E. McKerrow. Dubuque: Kendall/Hunt, 1994. 35-57.
BOOK REVIEWS
Tonn, Mari Boor. “Teaching Communication Criticism.” Rev. of Communication Criticism: Rhetoric, Social Codes, Cultural Studies by Malcolm O. Sillars and Bruce E. Gronbeck. Review of Communication 3 [Electronic Journal] (2003):301-04.
Tonn, Mari Boor. Rev. of
Cold Warriors: Manliness on Trial in the Rhetoric of the West by Suzanne Clark.
Rhetoric & Public Affairs 5 (2002): 369-372.
Tonn, Mari Boor. Rev. of
Angelina Grimké: Rhetoric, Identity and the Radical Imagination by Stephen Howard Browne.
Women’s Studies in Communication 24. (2001): 122-28.
Tonn, Mari Boor. “One Feminist's Political and Personal Passage.” Rev. of
The Word of a Woman by Robin Morgan.
Communication Quarterly 44 (1996): 396-397.
Tonn, Mari Boor. Rev. of
The Speeches and Writings of Mother Jones, ed. Edward Steel.
Southern States Speech Communication Journal 55 (1990): 234-236.
Tonn, Mari. (1981). Rev. of
Donahue: My Own Story by Phil Donahue.
Kansas Speech Journal 43 (1981): 50-51.
WORKS IN PROGRESS
Mining Motherhood: Industrial Labor’s Mary Harris “Mother” Jones. Book-length manuscript.
Tonn, Mari Boor. “Traditional Gender Roles as Rhetorical Strategies.” National Communication Assn. Convention. Seattle. 2000.
Tonn, Mari Boor. “Labor’s Irreverent Prophet: The Agitative Ministry of Mary Harris ‘Mother’ Jones.” National Communication Assn. Convention. Chicago. 1999.
Tonn, Mari Boor. “Prophetic Ethos and Political Theories in Conflict with American Traditions.” Response to
Prophetic Ethos and the Radical Tradition by James Darsey [Winner of NCA Marie Hochmuth Nichols Award, NCA Diamond Anniversary Award, and NCA Winans-Wichelns Award]. National Communication Assn. Convention. Chicago. 1999.
Tonn, Mari Boor, and Valerie A. Endress. “Looking Under the Hood and Tinkering with Voter Cynicism: Ross Perot and ‘Perspective by Incongruity.’” National Communication Assn. Convention. Chicago. 1999. [Top paper, Kenneth Burke Society].
Tonn, Mari Boor. “Women Voice Working-Class Concerns: The Rhetoric of Mary Harris ‘Mother’ Jones and Elizabeth Gurley Flynn.” Second Biennial Feminism(s) and Rhetoric(s) Conf. Minneapolis. 1999.
Tonn, Mari Boor. “Princess Diana and Motherhood.” Org. for the Study of Language, Communication, and Gender Conf. Portland, ME. 1998.
Endress, Valerie A. and Mari Boor Tonn. “Public Discourse and Private Deliberation in Conflict: Lyndon Johnson as the Reluctant Cold Warrior.” National Communication Assn. Convention. New York City. 1998.
Tonn, Mari Boor. “The Metaphor of ‘Conversation’ in Public Discourse: Implications for Democracy and Policy Debate.” Speech Communication Assn. Convention. San Diego. 1996.
Tonn, Mari Boor. “Character as Qualification for Leadership: Enacting Ethos in Colin Powell's
My American Journey. Speech Communication Assn. Convention. San Diego. 1996.
Tonn, Mari Boor. "’Writes’ of Passage: Pedagogical Benefits of Using In-class Informal Writing in Courses Treating Gender.” Speech Communication Assn. Convention. San Antonio. 1995.
Tonn, Mari Boor. “Donning Sackcloth and Ashes: The Rhetorical Legacy of
Webster vs. Reproductive Health Services on the Abortion Rights Movement.” Speech Communication Assn. Convention. New Orleans. 1994.
Tonn, Mari Boor. “Elizabeth Gurley Flynn's
Sabotage: A Dramatistic Study of Images and Ideology.” Speech Communication Assn. Convention. Miami. 1993.
Tonn, Mari Boor. “Flirting with Perot: Voter Ambivalence about the Third Candidate.” Speech Communication Assn. Convention. Miami. 1993.
Prusank, Diane, Valerie A. Endress, and Mari Boor Tonn. “The Politicization of the American Family: Developing Mythologies of the New Right.” Speech Communication Assn. Convention. Chicago. 1992.
Dow, Bonnie J. and Mari Boor Tonn. "’Feminine Style’ and Political Judgment in the Rhetoric of Ann Richards.” Speech Communication Assn. Convention. Chicago. 1992.
Tonn, Mari Boor, Valerie A. Endress, and John .N. Diamond. “Cultural Collision, Culpability, and Catharsis: A Burkeian Analysis of Responses to the Killing of Karen Wood.” Speech Communication Assoc. Convention. Atlanta. 1991. [Top Paper, Kenneth Burke Society].
Tonn, Mari Boor and Mark S. Kuhn. “New York's Bloody Mosaic: Conciliation as Inaction in the Rhetoric of David Dinkins.” Speech Communication Assn. Convention. Atlanta. 1991.
Tonn, Mari Boor. “Industrial Labor's Mary Harris ‘Mother’ Jones: Connecting ‘True Womanhood’ and Agitation.” Speech Communication Assn. Convention. New Orleans. 1988.
Tonn, Mari Boor. “Effecting Labor Reform through Stories: The Narrative Style of Mary Harris ‘Mother’ Jones.” Org. for the Study of Language, Communication, and Gender Conf. San Diego. 1988.
Tonn, Mari Boor. “Mary Harris ‘Mother’ Jones: Early Labor's Maternal Messiah.” Speech Communication Assn. Convention. Boston. 1987.
REGIONAL CONFERENCES
Tonn, Mari Boor. “Humor, Heart, and Home in the Life and Career of Senator Edward Kennedy: A Gendered Perspective on Redemption.” Eastern Communication Assn. Convention. Baltimore. 2009.
Tonn, Mari Boor. “Communicating the Human Condition.” Special Invited Panel on Kenneth Burke. Southern Communication Assn. Convention. Savannah. 2008.
Tonn, Mari Boor. “Controversies, Caveats, and Contributions: James Darsey and the Prophetic Voice.” Eastern Communication Assn. Convention. Providence. 2007 [Spotlight on Scholarship: James Darsey].
Tonn, Mari Boor. “Faculty at the Intersection of Competing Pieties: A Burkean Roundtable on Professorial Perspectives in the Academy.” Eastern Communication Assn. Convention. Providence. 2007.
Tonn, Mari Boor. Program: “Creating and Negotiating Academic Life: Strategies for Managing the Academic Job Interview Process.” Eastern Communication Assn. Convention. Philadelphia. 2006. [Spotlight First-Vice President’s and Distinguished Research and Teaching Fellows Program].
Tonn, Mari Boor. Program: Presentations on future research directions by former recipients of Past Presidents’ Award given by Eastern Communication Assn. “Communicating Greater Expectations: Past Officers’ Club Awardees.” Eastern Communication Assn. Convention. Pittsburgh. 2005. [Spotlight Vice-President’s Program].
Tonn, Mari Boor. Program: “Rhetoric and Disciplinarity: Reflections After the Formation of the Alliance of Rhetoric Societies. Roundtable Discussion. Eastern Communication Assn. Convention. Boston. 2004. [Spotlight Vice-President’s Program].
Tonn, Mari Boor and Lindsay Hayes. “Viewing Speechwriting Through a Gendered Lens: The Political Wordsmith as Proverbial ‘Wife.” Eastern Communication Assn. Convention. Washington, D.C. 2003.
Tonn, Mari Boor. Program: “Exploring the Intersection of Kenneth Burke and Feminist Scholarship.” Roundtable. Eastern Communication Assn. Convention. Washington, D.C. 2003.
Tonn, Mari Boor. Program. “Exploring Issues of Silencing in Public Discussions.” Roundtable. Eastern Communication Assn. Convention. Washington, D.C. 2003.
Tonn, Mari Boor. “Appropriating and Contesting Traditional Gender Roles in Antebellum America.” Eastern Communication Assn. Convention. Portland, ME. 2001.
Tonn, Mari Boor. “The State of ‘Feminine Style.’” Central States Communication Assn. Convention. Cincinnati. 2001.
Tonn, Mari Boor. “The Value of Pressing-the-Flesh Politics: The New Hampshire Primary.” Eastern Communication Assn. Convention. 2000.
Tonn, Mari Boor. “Fostering Perspective on Society and Self through Comedy: Parody, Satire, Irony, and Humor in Rhetoric of the 1960s.” Joint Meeting of Central States Communication Assn. and Southern States Communication Assn. Conventions. 1999.
Tonn, Mari Boor. “Princess Diana of Wales: Maternal Icon and Iconoclast.” Eastern Communication Assn. Convention. Charleston, WV. 1999.
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Tonn, Mari Boor. “Old Wine in New Bottles or New Wine in Old Bottles?: A Parable for Rhetorical Criticism.” Spotlight on Scholarship Sess. Eastern Communication Assn. Convention. Charleston, WV. Apr. 1999. [Spotlight Vice-President’s Program].
Tonn, Mari Boor. “Rhetorical Criticism and/as Pedagogy.” Eastern Communication Assn. Convention. Saratoga Springs, NY. 1998.
Tonn, Mari Boor. “A Symposium: Making Sense of a Royal Obsession: Rhetoric by and about Princess Diana.” Eastern Communication Assn. Convention. Saratoga Springs, NY. 1998
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Tonn, Mari Boor. “Approaches to the Study of Campaign 2000.” Eastern Communication Assn. Convention. Saratoga Springs. 1998. [Vice-President’s Program].
Tonn, Mari Boor. “Rhetorical Studies: Where Are We–Where Are We Going?” Eastern Communication Assn. Convention. 1998. [Spotlight Vice-President’s Program].
Tonn, Mari Boor. “Rhetoric and Public Culture: The Future of Rhetorical Studies.” Eastern Communication Assn. Convention. Baltimore. 1997. [Spotlight on Rhetorical Scholars. Vice-President’s Program].
Tonn, Mari Boor. “The DebateWatch '96 Project”. Eastern Communication Assn. Convention. Baltimore. 1997.
Tonn, Mari Boor. “Enacting America's Ethos: Colin Powell's
My American Journey.” Eastern Communication Assn. Convention. 1996.
Tonn, Mari Boor. “Moderating Citizen-Candidate Forums in the New Hampshire Primary.” Eastern Communication Assn. Convention. 1996.
Tonn, Mari Boor. “Suicide as Metaphor.” Eastern Communication Assn. Convention. Pittsburgh. 1995.
Tonn, Mari Boor, Diane T. Prusank, and Valerie A. Endress. “Feminine ‘Care’ vs. New Right ‘Control’: Family Values Night at the Republican National Convention.” Eastern Communication Assn. Convention. Washington D.C. 1994.
Tonn, Mari Boor. “The Rhetoric of the Senate Judiciary Committee in the Clarence Thomas-Anita Hill Hearings.” Roundtable. Eastern Communication Assn. Convention. Portland, ME. 1992.
Tonn, Mari Boor, Valerie A. Endress, and John .N. Diamond. “Hunting and Heritage on Trial in Maine: A Dramatistic Debate over Tragedy, Tradition, and Territory.” Eastern Communication Assn. Convention. Portland, ME. 1992. [Invitation by Interest Group Program Planner for Maine panel].
Tonn, Mari Boor. “Strategies to Diffuse Resistance by Students in Courses Treating Gender Issues.” Central States Speech Assn. Convention. Cleveland. 1992.
Kuhn, Mark S. And Mari Boor Tonn. “Dissolving Distinctions between Public and Private Talk: Speaker-Audience Interaction in the Labor Union Rhetoric of Mary Harris ‘Mother’ Jones.” Central States Communication Assn. Convention. Chicago. 1991.
Tonn, Mari Boor. “Texas's Ann Richards: Feminine Rhetoric as Exemplar of Neo-Populism.” Central States Communication Assn. Convention. Chicago. 1991.
Tonn, Mari Boor. “The Supreme Court,
Webster v. Reproductive Health Services, and Pro-Choice rhetoric: Apologia as Rite of Passage.” Western Communication Assn. Convention. Sacramento. 1990.
Tonn, Mari Boor. “Ontology or Epistemology: The Dramatistic Debate.” Central States Communication Assoc. Convention. Chicago. 1988.
Tonn, Mari Boor. “Paulina Wright Davis's
Una: The Premier of the Feminist Press. Southern States Communication Assn. Convention. Memphis. 1988.
Tonn, Mari and Laura Meeks. “Managerial Behavior of Females: Structures and Strategies in Political Contexts. Central States Communication Assn. Convention. Chicago. 1983.
Tonn, Mari and Laura Meeks. “The Non-Traditional College Student in Communication: The Administrative Function of Continuing Education Programs. Central States Communication Assn. Convention. Chicago. 1983.
STATE CONFERENCES
Tonn, Mari. “Teaching Resume Writing in the Communication Classroom.” Kansas Speech Communication Assn. Convention.
Manhattan, KS. 1984.
Tonn, Mari. “High School Career Education in Communication.” Kansas Speech Communication Assn. Convention. Lawrence., KS 1982.
SELECTED CRITICAL RESPONSES
Tonn, Mari Boor. Program: “Nature and Technology.” National Communication Assn. San Francisco. 2010.
Tonn, Mari Boor. Program: “Top Papers in Public Address.” National Communication Assn. Chicago. 2009.
Tonn ,Mari Boor. Program: “Women and Rhetorical Action.” National Communication Assn. Chicago. 2009.
Tonn, Mari Boor. “Rhetoric and Dissent in the 19960s.” National Communication Assn. Chicago. 2009.
Tonn, Mari Boor. Program: “Entering the Arena: Apology and Blame in Political and Sport Rhetoric. Eastern Communication Assn. Convention. Pittsburgh. 2008
Tonn, Mari Boor. Program: “Campaign Strategies and Challenges in the 2006 Massachusetts Governor’s Race.” Eastern Communication Assn. Convention. Providence. 2007.
Tonn, Mari Boor. Program: “Public Voices: Class, Ethnicity, and the Roots of Women’s Activisim in the Gilded Age.”
Susan B. Anthony and the Struggle for Equal Rights Conference. Rochester, NY. 2006.
Tonn, Mari Boor. Program: “Controversial Rhetorical Responses to 9/11.” National Communication Assn. Convention. Boston. 2005.
Tonn, Mari Boor. Program: “Top Papers in Political Communication.” Eastern Communication Assn. Convention. Pittsburgh. 2005.
Tonn, Mari Boor Tonn. Program: “Moving Around: Rhetoric and Progress in the International Realm.” Eastern Communication Assn. Convention. Boston. 2004.
Tonn, Mari Boor. Program: “Exploring the Limits of Women’s Labor Rhetoric from First-Wave through Third-Wave Feminism. National Communication Assn. Convention. Miami. 2003.
Tonn, Mari Boor. Program: “The Political Struggle Over Women’s Rights and Equality.” National Communication Assn. Convention. Miami. 2003.
Tonn, Mari Boor. Program: “Rhetorical Depictions of American Farm Women in Action.” National Communication Assn. Convention. New Orleans. 2002.
Tonn, Mari Boor. Program: “Top Papers in Rhetoric and Public Address.” Eastern Communication Assn. Convention. New York City. 2002.
Tonn, Mari Boor. Program: “Competitive Papers in Political Communication.” Eastern Communication Assn. Convention. New York City. 2002.
Tonn, Mari Boor. Program: “Top Papers in Rhetoric and Public Address.” Central States Communication Assn. Convention. Cincinnati. 2001.
Tonn, Mari Boor. Plenary Response: “Miss America Contesters and Contestants: Discourse about Social ‘Also-Rans.’” Rhetoric and Public Address Biennial Conf. Pennsylvania State Univ. 2000. [Invitation].
Tonn, Mari Boor. Program: “The Discursive Power of Alternative Rhetorical Forms: Persuasion in Song, Essay, and Cartoon.” National Communication Assn. Convention. Chicago. 1999.
Tonn, Mari Boor. Program: “Advancing the Boundaries of Ritual: The Funeral Address for Princess Diana.” Eastern Communication Assn. Convention. 1998.
Tonn, Mari Boor. Program: “Multiple Contexts, Multiple Methods: Diverging Perspectives Converging on Gender.” National Communication Assn. Convention. 1997.
Tonn, Mari Boor. Program: “Analyzing the 1996 Vice-Presidential Debate.” National Communication Assn. Convention. 1997.
Tonn, Mari Boor. Program: “The Rhetoric of Radical Women Labor Leaders.” Speech Communication Assn. Convention. New Orleans. 1994.
Tonn, Mari Boor. Response to position paper by Jane Blankenship and Deborah Robson. “The ‘Feminine Style" in Political Discourse: Exploring the
Difference ‘Difference’ Makes.” Eastern Communication Assn. Annual Convention. Washington D.C. 1994. [Invitation].
Tonn, Mari Boor. Program: “Top Debut Papers in Rhetoric and Public Address.” Eastern Communication Assn. Convention. Washington D.C. 1994.
Tonn, Mari Boor. Program: “Debut Papers in Rhetoric and Public Address.” Eastern Communication Assn. Annual Convention. Portland, ME. 1992.
SHORT COURSES/SEMINARS/WORKSHOPS
Tonn, Mari Boor. Seminar Leader. Kenneth Burke Triennial Conf. “Burke and Feminism.” Villanova University. Upcoming Summer 2008. [Invitation].
Tonn, Mari Boor. Preconference Seminar Position Paper. “Looking Out–Looking In: Public Address in a New Century.” National Communication Assn. Convention. Miami. 2003.
Tonn, Mari Boor, David Zarefsky, and Carol Jablonski. Short Course Leader. “Teaching the Rhetoric of the 1960s.” Eastern Communication Assn. Convention. Washington D.C. 2003.
Tonn, Mari Boor and Clarke Rountree. Seminar Leader. “Pentadic Criticism.” Kenneth Burke Triennial Conf. Tulane University. 2002. [Invitation].
Tonn, Mari Boor. Rhetoric Workshop Leader. Undergraduate Honors Conf. in Communication. DePauw University. 2000. [Invitation].
Tonn, Mari Boor. Annual Summer Shortcourse and Conf. “Narrative.” Pittsburg (KS) State University 1989. [Invitation].
Gold, Ellen R, Mari Tonn, et al. Workshop Leader. Workshop for New Teaching Assistants Campus-Wide. University of Kansas. 1985.
MISCELLANEOUS PUBLICATIONS/PRESENTATIONS
Tonn, Mari Boor. Discussant. Roundtable analyzing rhetoric following terrorist attacks of Sept. 11, 2001. University of Maryland. 2001. [Requested by Dean of Arts and Humanities].
Tonn, Mari Boor. “Princess Diana and Baseball.” New Hampshire Public Radio. WEVO. Concord. Oct. 1997.
Tonn, Mari. “The Lie.” Short story.
The Little Balkans Literary Review 4 (1984): 34-39. [Pushcart Prize Nominee].